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The Real Simpsons
This has got to be the coolest video of a cartoon gone real!
Flickr Front-end Engineer
Looks like Flickr is hiring a Front-end Engineer. What I find most interesting is why couldn’t Yahoo have just kept one of the 1,000 individuals they just paid off? Amazing.
Sharper Image
It looks like Sharper Image has finally gone belly up by filing for bankruptcy. As a result, the company will be closing 90 (roughly half) of its 184 stores. I have to admit, I have purchased a few things from The Sharper Image, a meat temperature reader for the grill, radio/CD player and a facial hair trimmer that I use quite frequently. It isn’t a huge surprise that the company is going belly up though as I’ve always viewed their products as weird and overpriced for the most part, sometimes even cheap (especially for what you pay).
Aerial Geometry: 5 Circular Communities From the Sky [PICS]
There are an incredible number of amazing things in this world, some more impressive than others, but sometimes the simplest things are incredible as well. This page contains images of a few communities around the world that are circular in design, something not seen (or even heard of) by many.read more | digg story
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Apple Genius T-Shirt
I’ve been looking for a 2007 holiday season Apple Genius employee t-shirt for a while and finally found one my size on eBay. Luckily I won the auction and I should have my geek shirt in all its glory next week! I can’t wait to wear it around my Windows die hards at […]
Vonage
I’ve had Vonage for a few years since it is a bit cheaper than having a land-line and it has one feature that absolutely adore, having my voicemails sent right to my e-mail as well as being notified as such via SMS to my mobile phone.
What irks me though is when I have to call their customer service line for whatever reason. There are some extremely intelligent people abroad and in no way am I dissing their intellect or desire to help customers like me, but the language and cultural boundaries make it difficult for both ends of the line. It took me 10 minutes on the phone with Vonage for something that should have taken a couple of minutes, if that. When will companies learn that this is not the way to win over (or keep) customers?
